Episode 246
It was great to see many listeners of the pod in the streets last week, including in Washington DC where the demand Trump Must Go NOW was brought to the gates of the White House. Watch Andy Zee’s speech from DC if you missed it here.
The fascist Trump regime has universities in their sights and are moving against students and the institutions themselves. Sam talks with Emily Van Duyne, one of the authors of the open letter issued by academics at Stockton University on April 2, “Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism” which reads in part, “there is no appeasing an openly fascist Trump administration, for we know that no one is safe under fascism. When we keep our heads down and stay the course, the fascists continue to lie, extort like the mobsters they are, and humiliate and attack whoever they add to their list of enemies.” Follow Dr. Van Duyne on Twitter and Instagram at @emilyvanduyne and read her work at lovingsylviaplath.substack.com.
Then, Sam talks with Heather Squire, who recently announced she’s leaving her doctoral program at the University of Buffalo, issuing an open letter challenging the complicity of her institution in this time of crisis. Read her open letter here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIMXQNmRZrl/ and follow her work at https://www.instagram.com/hardbonesheather/ and permanentlyembarrassedbillionaires.com.
Join us in the streets around the country on May 1 raising the single unifying demand: Trump Must Go NOW!
Then, save the date: May 17, join protests around the country demanding Trump Must Go NOW (not eventually, not after the midterms, but NOW).
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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown